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´´The nonfiction novel of our moment” (Jonathan Lethem): a wide-ranging, rule-bending collection reclaiming the power of attention in an age of constant distraction´´Joshua Cohen may be America’s greatest living writer.” (The Washington Post)Named one of the Best Books of the Year by WiredOne of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists, Joshua Cohen arrives with his first collection of nonfiction, the culmination of two decades of writing and thought about life in the digital age. In essays, memoir, criticism, diary entries, and letters - many appearing here for the first time - Cohen covers the full depth and breadth of modern life: politics, literature, art, music, travel, the media, and psychology, and subjects as diverse as Google, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, fictional animals, Gustav Mahler, Aretha Franklin, John Zorn, landscape photography, fake Caravaggios, Wikipedia, Gertrude Stein, Edward Snowden, Jonathan Franzen, Olympic women’s fencing, Atlantic City casinos, the closing of the Ringling Bros. circus, and Azerbaijan.Throughout ATTENTION, Cohen directs his sharp gaze at home and abroad, calling upon his extraordinary erudition and unrivaled ability to draw connections between seemingly unlike things to reveal to us how to live without fear in a world overflowing with information. In each piece, he projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his, and a voice as witty, profound, and distinct as any in American letters. At this crucial juncture in history, ATTENTION is a guide for the perplexed - a handbook for anyone hoping to bring the wisdom of the past into the culture of the future.Praise for ATTENTION´´Dazzling in its scope . . . If curiosity is a writer’s greatest innate gift, Joshua Cohen may be America’s greatest living writer.” (The Washington Post)´´Cause for celebration and close study...[Cohen] will hunt after negl 1. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Davis. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/006326/bk_rand_006326_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Whether it´s a faulty memory, a tendency to multitask, or difficulty managing our time, every one of us has limitations conspiring to keep us from being organized. But, as organizational guru and former Google CIO Douglas C. Merrill points out, it isn´t our fault. Our brains simply aren´t designed to deal with the pressures and competing demands on our attention in today´s fast-paced, information-saturated, digital world. What´s more, he says, many of the ways in which our society is structured are outdated, imposing additional chaos that makes us feel stressed, scattered, and disorganized. But it doesn´t have to be this way. Luckily, we have a myriad of amazing new digital tools and technologies at our fingertips to help us manage the strains on our brains and on our lives; the trick is knowing when and how to use them. This is why Merrill, who helped spearhead Google´s effort to ´´organize the world´s information´´, offers a wealth of tips and strategies for how to use these new tools to become more organized, efficient, and successful than ever. But if you´re looking for traditional, rigid, one-size-fits-all strategies for organization, this isn´t the book for you. Instead, Merrill draws on his intimate knowledge of how the brain works to help us develop fresh, innovative, and flexible systems of organization tailored to our individual goals, constraints, and lifestyles. From how to harness the amazing power of search, to how to get the most out of cloud computing, to techniques for filtering through the enormous avalanche of information that assaults us at every turn, to tips for minimizing distractions and better integrating work and life, Getting Organized in the Google Era is chock-full of practical, invaluable, and often counterintuitive advice for anyone who wants to be more organized and productive - and less stressed - in our 21st-century world. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Douglas Merrill. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002206/bk_rand_002206_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Are you overworked and overwhelmed? What if a few new habits could increase your productivity by 5x or even 10x? Imagine if you had an extra hour each day to read, exercise, sleep, or to spend with your family. New York Times bestselling author, Kevin Kruse, presents the remarkable findings of his study of ultra-productive people. Based on survey research and interviews with billionaires, Olympic athletes, straight-A students, and over 200 entrepreneurs-including Mark Cuban, Kevin Harrington, James Altucher, John Lee Dumas, Grant Cardone, and Lewis Howes-Kruse answers the question: what are the secrets to extreme productivity? You will learn: ? How to cure procrastination with ´´Time Travel´´ ? How to save 8 hours a week with ´´3 Questions´´ ? How to identify your real top priorities ? How to get to zero emails in your inbox every day ? How the simple E-3C system will 5x productivity ? How to reduce stress with the Richard Branson Tool ? How to leave work at 5:00 without feeling guilty ? How to run meetings like Apple, Google & Virgin ? How to conquer social media distractions ? BONUS: Discover Your Time Personality quiz ? BONUS: 100+ Time Management Quotes

This book explores how cloud-based tools like Google Apps for Work revolutionize the way IT can support smaller organizations. The ultralight approach to IT uses the latest technologies to achieve simplicity and excellence, giving you the power to operate at big business levels without the high cost. Four critical concepts drive this transformation: User-Centered: Start and end with the user. Excellence-Focused: Do only what you do best Cloud-based: Unencumber yourself Hardware-minimizing: Liberate time by removing distractions Ultralight uses this framework to allow IT to focus on the important things: providing an amazing user experience, making it easier to get work done, and supporting real business transformation. Small IT can be awesome. It´s time to discover how. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Woods. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/068897/bk_acx0_068897_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Make Time, written and read Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky.What if you could step off the hamster wheel and start taking control of your time and attention?As creators of Google Ventures´ renowned ´design sprint´, Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams solve important problems by changing how they work. Building on the success of these sprints and their experience designing ubiquitous tech products like Gmail and YouTube, they spent years experimenting with their own personal habits and routines, looking for ways to help individuals optimise their energy, focus and time. Now they´ve packaged the most effective tactics into a four-step daily framework that anyone can use to systematically design their days.Making time isn´t about radically overhauling your lifestyle; it´s about making small shifts in your environment to liberate yourself from constant busyness and distraction. Make Time is a must-read for anyone who has ever thought ´if only there were more hours in the day....´ 1. Language: English. Narrator: Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/003881/bk_rhuk_003881_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

´´A charming manifesto-as well as an intrepid do-it-yourself guide to building smart habits that stick. If you want to achieve more (without going nuts), read this book.´´-Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better From the New York Times bestselling authors of Sprint, a simple 4-step system for improving focus, finding greater joy in your work, and getting more out of every day. Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, ´´The best way to spend this time is by cramming it full of meetings!´´ or got to work in the morning and thought, Today I´ll spend hours on Facebook! Yet that´s exactly what we do. Why? In a world where information refreshes endlessly and the workday feels like a race to react to other people´s priorities faster, frazzled and distracted has become our default position. But what if the exhaustion of constant busyness wasn´t mandatory? What if you could step off the hamster wheel and start taking control of your time and attention? That´s what this book is about. As creators of Google Ventures´ renowned ´´design sprint,´´ Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams solve important problems by changing how they work. Building on the success of these sprints and their experience designing ubiquitous tech products from Gmail to YouTube, they spent years experimenting with their own habits and routines, looking for ways to help people optimize their energy, focus, and time. Now they´ve packaged the most effective tactics into a four-step daily framework that anyone can use to systematically design their days. Make Time is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Instead, it offers a customizable menu of bite-size tips and strategies that can be tailored to individual habits and lifestyles. Make Time isn´t about productivity, or checking off more to-dos. Nor does it propose unrealistic solutions like throwing out your smartphone or swearing off social media. Making time isn´t about radically overhauling your lifestyle; it´s about making small shifts in your environment to liberate yourself from constant busyness and distraction. A must-read for anyone who has ever thought, If only there were more hours in the day..., Make Time will help you stop passively reacting to the demands of the modern world and start intentionally making time for the things that matter.

´´A charming manifesto-as well as an intrepid do-it-yourself guide to building smart habits that stick. If you want to achieve more (without going nuts), read this book.´´-Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better From the New York Times bestselling authors of Sprint, a simple 4-step system for improving focus, finding greater joy in your work, and getting more out of every day. Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, ´´The best way to spend this time is by cramming it full of meetings!´´ or got to work in the morning and thought, Today I´ll spend hours on Facebook! Yet that´s exactly what we do. Why? In a world where information refreshes endlessly and the workday feels like a race to react to other people´s priorities faster, frazzled and distracted has become our default position. But what if the exhaustion of constant busyness wasn´t mandatory? What if you could step off the hamster wheel and start taking control of your time and attention? That´s what this book is about. As creators of Google Ventures´ renowned ´´design sprint,´´ Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams solve important problems by changing how they work. Building on the success of these sprints and their experience designing ubiquitous tech products from Gmail to YouTube, they spent years experimenting with their own habits and routines, looking for ways to help people optimize their energy, focus, and time. Now they´ve packaged the most effective tactics into a four-step daily framework that anyone can use to systematically design their days. Make Time is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Instead, it offers a customizable menu of bite-size tips and strategies that can be tailored to individual habits and lifestyles. Make Time isn´t about productivity, or checking off more to-dos. Nor does it propose unrealistic solutions like throwing out your smartphone or swearing off social media. Making time isn´t about radically overhauling your lifestyle; it´s about making small shifts in your environment to liberate yourself from constant busyness and distraction. A must-read for anyone who has ever thought, If only there were more hours in the day..., Make Time will help you stop passively reacting to the demands of the modern world and start intentionally making time for the things that matter.

Part pop history and part whimsical memoir in the spirit of National Lampoon´s Vacation - Don’t Make Me Pull Over! is a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips - a halcyon era that culminated in the latter part of the 20th century, before portable DVD players, iPods, and Google Maps. In the days before cheap air travel, families didn’t so much take vacations as survive them. Between home and destination lay thousands of miles and dozens of annoyances, and with his family Richard Ratay experienced all of them - from being crowded into the backseat with noogie-happy older brothers, to picking out a souvenir only to find that a better one might have been had at the next attraction, to dealing with a dad who didn’t believe in bathroom breaks. The birth of America´s first interstate highways in the 1950s hit the gas pedal on the road trip phenomenon and families were soon streaming - sans seatbelts! - to a range of sometimes stirring, sometimes wacky locations. Frequently, what was remembered the longest wasn’t Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone, or Disney World, but such roadside attractions as ´´The Thing” in Texas Canyon, Arizona, or ´´The Mystery Spot” in Santa Cruz, California. In this road tourism-crazy era that stretched through the 1970s, national parks attendance swelled to 165 million, and a whopping 2.2 million people visited Gettysburg each year, 13 times the number of soldiers who fought in the battle. Now, decades later, Ratay offers a paean to what was lost, showing how family togetherness was eventually sacrificed to electronic distractions and the urge to ´´get there now´´. In hundreds of amusing ways, he reminds us of what once made the Great American Family Road Trip so great, including 20-foot ´´land yachts”, oasis-like Holiday Inn ´´Holidomes”, ´´Smokey´´-spotting Fuzzbusters, 28 glorious flavors of Howard Johnson’s ice cream, and the 1. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/008834/bk_sans_008834_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.